chalice

Example Sentences

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"Factor in the costs and that you're going to need a more expensive squad and qualification for the Conference League is now a bit of a poisoned chalice."

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

“You need fire and you need a chalice. To me, that fire is my creativity. It’s my birthright to create. And that chalice is the community that holds me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

He once described the prospect of a humiliating cease-fire with Iraq as drinking from a poisoned chalice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

He said some people had warned him that the job would be a "poisoned chalice".

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

Her chalice splashed steaming acid all over the floor.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan